tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278536771700162580.post6521496569764434723..comments2023-04-30T07:36:58.835-04:00Comments on Sonic Labyrinth: Don Giovanni as film; the overture from Losey 1979Jeffrey Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877911938789999559noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278536771700162580.post-50946584627226894412012-11-13T18:36:53.114-05:002012-11-13T18:36:53.114-05:00Dear Allison, Keep working on it...the Mozart styl...Dear Allison, Keep working on it...the Mozart style often takes folks a little time to process. What you have noticed is called a recitative, which is literally spoken music. Arias allow the emotion of the characters center stage but can also seem to stop the dramatic motion. It is the ensembles in the Mozart style that really move the plot; Mozart was one of the best at having several singers articulate ideas simultaneously that are all distinct. Anyway, by the late 19th century many composers were writing opera where the seams are less obvious; they unfold more like modern movies.Jeffrey Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08877911938789999559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4278536771700162580.post-27589901239156674722012-11-13T10:04:37.347-05:002012-11-13T10:04:37.347-05:00Don Giovanni is so different from Puccini. The am...Don Giovanni is so different from Puccini. The amount of dialogue that is "spoken" is the biggest difference between the two that I can see right now. I have never heard an opera where the music practically stops in order to make way for the characters to "speak." I'm having difficulty liking it as much as my Puccini favorites. Also, Mozart must have decided on making his music difficult for singers--the arias are so complicated! Bravo to those who can master it!Allison UBnoreply@blogger.com